someone like me.
Someone Like Me, is the official podcast of AncoraTN (formerly End Slavery Tennessee).
Someone Like Me was created to amplify the voices of human trafficking survivors, shed light on this complex crime, and highlight how this organization continues to grow one of the most innovative and effective human trafficking restoration programs in the United States. We’ll explore the complexity of trauma, the nuance of exploitation, and its impact from survivors themselves and program leaders invested in this vital work.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 42
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
021 – Survivor Story: Cyntoia Brown Long
This survivor story episode covers manipulation, grooming, societal pressures, and broken expectations. Cyntoia Brown is a name you may have heard in 2019 when social media hashtag #freecyntoiabrown …
020 – Youth Vulnerability: Stacia Freeman
Most of our survivors tell stories of being vulnerable as children, which led to a trafficker taking advantage. This is in stark contrast to the myth that children are being kidnapped and sold into s…
SPECIAL EVENT – Drive-In & Drive Out Trafficking
Introducing End Slavery Tennessee's brand new socially-distanced-friendly awareness event! Dine at one of the on-site food trucks, check out our special partner booths, and settle in for a screening …
019 – Survivor Story: Trish
Our first survivor interview of the season is a profound and powerful story of hope. Trish's story is a great example of how direct service organizations work together in Middle Tennessee, as she spe…
018 – The Foster Care Factor
The National Foster Youth Institute reported 60% of child trafficking victims recovered through FBI raids in 2013 were from foster care or group homes. When we look at vulnerability and its role in t…
017 – Career Care: Branded Collectiive
Trafficking survivors may not have had opportunities to build work experience, so offering ways to gain this experience is essential to their healing and thriving. In this episode, Stacy and Leslie …
016 – Trauma Informed Care
When we talk about serving survivors, even if you aren’t working directly with them, it’s important that we know why Trauma Informed Care is essential in fighting human trafficking. You’ll hear about…
015 – Season 2 Kickoff: Live Launch
Season 2 kickoff for Someone Like Me with this live launch originally broadcast March 12, 2021 on Facebook Live. Leslie Eiler Thompson hosts with executive producers Marissa Brownell and Stacy Elliot…
014 – Legacy: Celebrating our founder Derri Smith
This is a special bonus episode where we honor the legacy of our founder ... Derri Smith. She tells her own story and also how the plot developed into what we now know as End Slavery Tennessee, goin…
Bonus – Live Q&A for Season 1 Finale
Here's the full recording of live Q&A from August 28 with Derri Smith (founder of End Slavery Tennessee), Margie Quin (CEO), Leslie Eiler Thompson (host), and Gregory Byerline (producer). We wrap sea…
012 – Season 1 Wrap-up: Busting Myths
We’ve reached the Season 1 Finale episode, and there are still so many stories left to tell and myths to bust. To wrap our first season, we want to first thank you, the listener and supporter, for le…
011 – Survivor Story: Crystal
This episode features a survivor story from Crystal whose experience with trafficking involves contracting HIV as a juvenile from a John. There are many complications for survivors during recovery, i…
010 – Busting Myths
Special myth busting episode with myths presented by several staff members of End Slavery Tennessee. There’s a strong group of staffers focused on trauma-informed care, education, and understanding t…
009 – Survivor Story: Callie
Grooming is the process of luring a targeted victim into trafficking. We've touched on grooming in previous episodes, but we haven’t focused on it in detail. Today’s guest, Callie, wanted to get spec…
008 – Demand: With special guest A.T. Branch
We hear from male voices in this episode as we dive into the world of demand for this crime, and what is called the “John School.” The John School is a day-long session of classes for men arrested, f…
007 – Survivor Story: Nicole
The young woman you get to meet today uttered a phrase years ago that impacts you - the listener, right now. Nicole was a juvenile trafficking victim, which means she was under 18 when she was being …
006 – The Rescue Mentality
With a background in law enforcement, End Slavery Tennessee CEO Margie Quin offers thoughts on “rescue” and domestic human trafficking. If we want to better understand this problem, it’s important th…
005 – Survivor Story: Sarah
Today’s survivor interview is with Sarah, a graduate of the End Slavery Tennessee program. Instead of doing an interview first, she wrote her story and read it aloud to share it with us that way. Aft…
004 – Domestic Violence: Myth Bust with Marissa Miciotto
In episode 3, Joan told us her story, which included a history of domestic violence and being trafficked by her husband. Today’s myth busting episode with Marissa Miciotto refers to this conversation…
003 – Survivor Story: Joan
This episode introduces you to Joan, a graduate of End Slavery Tennessee. It's not unusual for people to view those involved in drugs and prostitution with disdain, just as they view human traffickin…